diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/CodeDelegationProcessor.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/CodeDelegationProcessor.java
index 977b5031936..bcf81f6ad99 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/CodeDelegationProcessor.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/CodeDelegationProcessor.java
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ public CodeDelegationResult process(
       final EVMWorldUpdater evmWorldUpdater, final Transaction transaction) {
     final CodeDelegationResult result = new CodeDelegationResult();
 
-    transaction
-        .getCodeDelegationList()
-        .get()
+    final var codeDelegations = transaction.getCodeDelegationList().get();
+
+    (codeDelegations.size() == 1 ? codeDelegations.stream() : codeDelegations.parallelStream())
         .forEach(
             codeDelegation ->
                 processAuthorization(